PETER KALM's 

 TRAVELS. 



New Jerfey^ Raccoon. 

 "December the feventh, 1748. 



IN the morning I undertook again a 

 little journey, to Raccoon, in New 

 Jerfey. 

 It does not feem difficult to find out the 

 reafons, why the people multiply more here 

 than in Europe. As foon as a perfon is old 

 enough, he may marry in thefe provinces, 

 without any fear of poverty ; for there is 

 fuch a tract of good ground yet unculti- 

 vated, that a new-married man can, with- 

 out difficulty, get a fpot of ground, where 

 he may fufficiently fubfift with his wife and 

 children. The taxes are very taw, and he 



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